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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

alcançar

to reach

  • #389 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: alcançando
  • Past participle: alcançado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I reach
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you reach
  3. nós we reach
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all reach

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I reached
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you reached
  3. nós we reached
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all reached

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to reach
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to reach
  3. nós we are going to reach
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to reach

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to reach
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to reach
  3. nós we used to reach
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to reach

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would reach
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would reach
  3. nós we would reach
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would reach

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I reach
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you reach
  3. nós (that) we reach
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all reach

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I reached
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you reached
  3. nós (if) we reached
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all reached

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I reach
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you reach
  3. nós (when) we reach
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all reach

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você reach!
  2. vocês reach! (all of you)

How to use alcançar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu não alcanço a prateleira de cima.

    I can't reach the top shelf.

  2. Past

    A gente alcançou o ônibus por um triz.

    We caught the bus by a hair.

  3. Future

    Correndo assim, você vai alcançar ele logo.

    Running like that, you're going to catch up with him soon.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando era pequena, eu não alcançava a campainha.

    When I was little, I couldn't reach the doorbell.

  5. Conditional

    Com uma escada, eu alcançaria o telhado.

    With a ladder, I'd reach the roof.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que a gente alcance a meta este ano.

    I hope we reach the target this year.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele alcançasse a nota, passaria direto.

    If he got the grade, he'd pass outright.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você alcançar o topo, me manda uma foto.

    When you reach the top, send me a photo.

  9. Imperative

    Alcance aquele pote para mim, por favor.

    Reach that jar for me, please.

Good to know

  • "Alcançar" is to reach something high, a goal or someone ahead: "não alcanço a prateleira".

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.